Shaare Zedek Medical Center

'Not yet out of danger': Israeli envoy to US shares update on son following terror attack

The family thanked the medical staff and the public for their prayers and immense support and asked people to continue praying for the recovery of Neria Dov ben Chana.

Yechiel Leiter, Israeli Ambassador to the US, outside the Shaare Zedek Medical Center after his son was wounded in a terror attack, September 24, 2026.
 A woman with diabetes is seen using an injection (Illustrative).

Can young diabetics safely observe Jewish fasts? Insulin pump tweaks can help, Israeli study finds

Yechiel Leiter, Israeli Ambassador to the US, outside the Shaare Zedek Medical Center after his son was wounded in a terror attack, September 24, 2026.

Israeli envoy to US's son fighting for life in hospital after car-ramming attack, Leiter says

Neria Leiter.

IDF reservist, son of Israeli envoy to US, seriously wounded in car-ramming terror attack


Israel to indict medical caretaker suspected of sexually abusing patients

The suspect was an external contractor whose job it was to protect the women he allegedly sexually abused.

 Illustrative image of a man in handcuffs.

Renowned ophthalmologist becomes fifth Arab recipient of Jerusalem award

In the last five years, according to Walla, only 4.5% of recipients were Arab, and only one was a resident of east Jerusalem. 

 Ophthalmology exam (illustrative).

Medical caretaker arrested for sexually abusing patients

The suspect had his employment terminated immediately after receipt of the complaint.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Israeli plastic surgeons perform innovative skin cancer treatment

An innovative treatment for cancerous skin tumors with fewer side effects was used at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

 Shaare Zedek Medical Center doctors performing a skin cancer treatment procedure

Can Israeli AI smartphone app diagnose strokes from afar?

The company says the technology will provide the triage clinician with a tool for immediate diagnosis, with a high degree of accuracy of whether the patient has had a stroke and how severe it is.

 The CVAid platform.

Israeli hospital to take part in unique breast cancer prevention pilot

Has a drug been found that reduces the risk of breast cancer and makes mastectomy unnecessary? Israel is one of 8 countries taking part in this unique first-of-its-kind pilot

Breast cancer illustrative photo.

Israel’s first-ever brain cooling at Jerusalem hospital saves life of Filipina nursing assistant

Until now, these patients have been treated with drugs or operated on.

 From left, Dr. Mausbach, Alma (Norila’s caretaker), Norila, Dr. David Hazon

Palestinian child suffers stroke, is saved at Jerusalem hospital

A child suffering a stroke is a rare case, with an incidence of one in half-a-million children.

 Dr. Yaakov Amsalem and Ayla.

Israeli hospitals regularly overcrowded, not enough investment from gov't

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center asked Magen David Adom not to bring urgent patients to its emergency department until further notice because it is at 300% capacity.

 Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021.

First in Israel: Doctors treat acid reflux without invasive surgery or pills

The safe and innovative treatment has been researched and approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Specialists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center have performed for the first time in Israel an innovative endoscopic procedure that successfully treats patients suffering from heartburn acid reflux and can come instead of surgery.